Coordinating Growth Initiatives in Multi-Unit Firms

被引：17

作者：

Lechner, Christoph ^{[1
,2
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Kreutzer, Markus

机构：

[1] Univ St Gallen, Inst Management, St Gallen, Switzerland

[2] Univ St Gallen, Excellence Initiat Responsible Corp Competitivene, St Gallen, Switzerland

来源：

LONG RANGE PLANNING | 2010年 / 43卷 / 01期

关键词：

CORPORATE-STRATEGY; BASIC PREMISES; DESIGN SCHOOL; PROCESS MODEL; CAPABILITIES; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; DIMENSIONS; MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.lrp.2009.10.002

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Realising corporate growth remains a challenging task for most firms. In this paper, we examine how multi-unit corporations can effectively coordinate the evolution of their growth initiatives. Based upon research on coordination, we identify four ideal modes that corporations can adopt as a means to dealing with their growth ambitions. We label these four: agenda-setting, context-setting, directing and self-organising. We show how these coordination modes represent different options for corporate management and have different implications for the role split between top managers and managers on subsequent levels. We illustrate them by using primary and secondary data from 51 corporations based in Europe, North America and Asia. Each mode is connected with particular managerial challenges and is most effective in combination with specific context factors. Practitioners can use these insights to deliberately apply an appropriate coordination mode for their growth initiatives. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved

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页数：27

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